South Carolina from A to Z
Mon-Fri, 05:30 a.m.
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.
South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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“S” is for state seal. The great seal of South Carolina was first used on a document dated May 22, 1777. -
“S” is for State parks. As of 2026, South Carolina’s system of state parks consisted of forty-seven properties totaling more than 90,000 acres of land.
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“C” is for Cunningham, Ann Pamela (1816-1875). Preservationist.
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“C” is for Culp, Napoleon Brown (1929-2008). Musician. “Nappy Brown” was born in Charlotte but became identified as a South Carolina artist after settling in the Columbia area in the late 1960s.
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“C” is for Crum, William Demosthenes (1859-1912). Physician, civic leader, political activist.
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“C” is for Craven, Charles (1682-1754). Governor. Charles Craven had one of longest tenures of any proprietary-era governor, and despite political conflict and the outbreak of the Yamassee War in 1715, he was considered one of the most successful.
